The simple fact that Suzuki allows this kind of exposure and transparency with their products and top level riders is completely mindblowing. Thank you Mr. Suzuki!!!!
Charles Szasz suzuki only bad in bodystyle while kawasaki in maintenance, honda is the greatest before 2004 and yamaha before 2009; I don't know about usa nor europe market but in asia that's the fact.
Archangel i still own each one from four japan big brands bike, i just want smiles per litre no matter what brands is it; yamaha and honda sacrifice their quality for better margin, that's why i salute suzuki and kawasaki for keep being real to their customers 🙂
When was it 1982 or 1983 when these bikes hit the showroom floor ..and the same year my boss with Honda got the franchise with Suzuki ..and all of a sudden Hondas were ever boring ..but in 2012 an ebr 1190rs vs a gsxr 1000 with two of the fastest riders on the track at holmstead florid and the Suzuki is slaughtered by a Eric beull racing V twin the Millennial said was a pile of junk but in reality motored the crap out of a Suzuki cuttin the suzuk. Offf in the corners out braking the Suzuki making the Suzuki look pathetic plea helpless.the year buell only had one model fit all if you wanted a racer you took the lights off the street legal one cuz that's all there was ..and Eric's street bike a v twin murdered a bad boy gsxr 1000
Papa Yam !! At some point you could see what looked like a thumb rear brake! could be cool if you did a video about those! maybe installing it on your Daytona racebike?
I was there June 20 and had issues with my rearsets (near stock L8 1000) at 7:42 that guy massively helped me out supplying a build base rearset setup. The difference was night and day. A massive thank you again to Build Base Suzuki from the guy with 41 in flu yellow. I'll have all my work done with these lot now
As always, great content Sylvain. Also kudos to Suzuki for lending out the bikes to him. Great advertising without people pretending to like the brand.
Great to have such a high level rider, a very versatile one too, give us some of his time to share info we all wondered about. Great that Sylvain still gets enthusiastic talking about bikes, who better to explain stuff than Suzuki's gp test rider/3rd gp rider ! Top man Mr G !
Love your channel Sylvain. You have a very easy going and engaging style. Absolutely zero ego, totally real and relatable. I think the Buildbase lads were hanging off your every word when you were giving feedback on the Superbike. Great opportunity from them to learn from a former world champ and current MotoGP test rider. Keep doing what your doing as we’re loving it!! 😊😊🔥🔥🔥🙏🏻🙏🏻
Good video, as usual! Just a slight correction: between 00:35 - 1:16 and then 7:11 - 8:08 you talk about each bike's weight: ~200kg for the road-legal version, 175kg for the Superstock and 167kg for the Superbike. While those figures are technically correct, you're mixing curb weights and dry weights, which is confusing and not fair to the road bike. The ~200kg figure for the road-legal version is its curb weight, while the 175kg and 167kg are dry weight figures. The *curb weights* of all three are ~200kg (202kg, actually), ~192kg and ~185kg - which means there's a 10kg difference between the Superstock and the road-legal version and 17kg between the Superbike and the road legal version.
Exactly! That drove me nuts. He himself pointed out the difference bewteen dry and curb weight on one of his other videos where he was comparing road bikes with SBKs, but here he's all over the place with his figures...
Curb weight, all fluids and full gas tank GSXR1000 street legal 445lbs GSXR1000 Superstock 423lbs GSXR1000 BSB 408lbs I have a highly modified but street legal CBR1000RR that is 379 lbs with a full tank (ride at 359 lbs with 1.2 gallon) so I feel they should allow much lower weight limits to be more realistic. Even my mostly stock CBR1000RR street legal bike is 415 lbs with a full tank (395 with 1.2 gallon in it) for a total cost of about $5700 so its not an issue of cost. Awesome video thank you!
I'd love to see you hook up with the 44 teeth guys.You share the same kinda laid back style.Although Chris and Al might be a bit sharper in the tongue!😊
Sylvain you are a scholar and a gentleman. Great article, very informative, even more impressive in your second Language! I want to buy another Suzuki now!
Merci Sylvain, ta chaîne surpasse la concurrence en terme de légitimité sur la technique , l’expérience et le feed-back. And the Queen would be pride of your english, I think.
Thanks Sylvain, I really enjoyed this video. Its about the right length to watch fully and not skip. Its easy to see your ability to focus on the bike's engineering for extremely small gains.
Now i know how suzuki has developed significantly. This guy managed to innovate more settings with the GP bike. Their corner speed are on point this season. Top guy handling all the tests session, proper hands down for Sylvain
Another cracking video, What a great insight into the differences directly on track. I also love the debrief with the team great to hear your feedback 👏👌. What a greatest asset you are to Suzuki.
What an amazing bike the GSXR 1000 is! I've owned two, an K3 and K7. My K7 did everything, commute, track days, Nurburgring & rode down to Monza. Amazing performance for the money.
SUPER interesting! I especially loved the insight about electronics, versus no electronics on the BSB spec bikes; how much different they are to ride, and how you have to use the power differently. Keep up the content! I really, really enjoy it!
Such a great ambassador for Suzuki! I'm still amazed how close the machines are. When you consider the mods we're able to do (affordably) if we want a dedicated track bike, we've got a machine that's very, very capable.... ...I'll still be 20 seconds off the pace though! 😂
Fantastic Sylvain - best video ive seen in ages. Really interesting to see the the data for the bikes with TC exiting the hairpin, shows how well the Suzuki’s are out of the box. 1st gear on a BSB though, wow
Just discovered your channel, I really enjoyed your explanations, backed up by your professional experience. As a young rider I was always fascinated by power to weight ratio, with 1.5lb/HP being the ultimate goal for both four wheels or two wheels. The superbike is very close at 1.597lb/HP. The super stock bike is probably the ultimate dream bike of the majority of street sport bike enthusiasts. The same manageable power without the excess weight, better feel, braking and less fading of the suspension, tires and brakes. New subscriber.
Best comparison test I've ever seen. I've followed you since you joined Tech 3 in Moto GP, I always said your riding was consistent in that you would always get a result based on how good the bike actually was. Some riders can ride the wheels off one machine and make it do more than it should and then be hopeless on something else that isn't anywhere near as bad as it appears. Lorenzo, Marco Melandri and Toni Elias spring to mind. Your Rossi's and Marquez's have the bikes built around their styles so they are not the great test riders in terms of comparing machines back to back. I see Dovi in the same way as you, not likely to ever be a moto gp champion but he is a good yard stick for how good a bike actually is.
I like the shot 3min in- you giving your (precise) feedback and the pro ride rider in the background intently listening to what you had to say. Dunno who he is (not familiar with BSB I'm sure he's mighty quick) but those frames tell a story.
So much value in this content! I have a wish tho. Much of us don’t have the money for a brand new bike. I wish you could do a review of a K1, K3,K5,...1000, 750, 600)stock and with Aftermarket suspension which is available on our budget like some Ohlins or Ktech. So we can have a good comparison for our budget level
Love these videos! Here’s the proof: if you want to go fast, invest in the rider! If a top level international rider can only manage a couple seconds difference across these bikes, then us mortals are much better off spending money on trackdays and coaching than titanium, carbon fiber and other fancy bits
i was looking at 2003 lap time for the 500cc 2 strokes and stock bikes now have better lap times by around 2 seconds, pretty impressive that consumer grade can beat race bikes.
all the money spent for a couple of seconds for the win, great stuff, great content, keep it up. Dont get to see these kind of behind the scene stuff so often.
Love the channel Sylvain! The GSX-R1000R is so impressive. I have a K2 750 and always impresses me. Love the thing. Imagine I would be blown away by the new 1000cc bike though. More performance than 99.9% of us could handle I imagine!
The standard engine is (very) fast but power delivery is smooth and the electronics are actually pretty good for a road bike. You would be surprise how usable it is.
Really enjoy your videos, the detail you go into, and your style in delivering the information. Thank you! Do u think you’ll ever be able to test the GSXR 1000 RYUYO and compare lap times to these bikes and share your opinion/perspective of that motorcycle?
Gives mere mortals and idea in simple terms the difference between the three types of configuration of the one bike which has to be similar with any other manufacturer's bike,, and from someone who is a world class rider,, sort of thing that before going to get after market parts you can see the affect before you change your bike, very rewarding viewing thanks for your help in making the video from Northern Ireland greatly appreciated ☘️☘️☘️👍👍👍
Excellent as always, enjoy this channel a lot. 57 dislikes and counting from the track gods out there that are simply too good for the likes of me and you (and Sylvain)
If there's any chance, can you do a hands on full review of the nr. 34 2-stroke Kevin Schwantz racebike? Take an hour and a half or so to take us through your experience of this never to return, but to good to be true era of bikes. Thanks a bunch mate! Love your videos.
F.I.M 500cc Grand Prix Racing was the greatest era every of 2 wheel racing Machines that were pure Monster to Ride .... Sad Times today with Dorna Repsol Honda controlling the sport ,, Kevin was the most exciting GP racer ..... on a inferior machine for his Career ...
Amazing how fast the road bike is (in your capable hands Sylvain) compared to the Superstock. The BSB bike is impressive too - I have even more respect for the riders/racers after seeing this comparison.
The simple fact that Suzuki allows this kind of exposure and transparency with their products and top level riders is completely mindblowing. Thank you Mr. Suzuki!!!!
That's why i love suzuki and huge respect for kawasaki ; both are making bikes as art not just product, sorry for bad english.
I've owned 5 GSX-Rs over the years, and every single one of them was absolutely booletproof.
Charles Szasz suzuki only bad in bodystyle while kawasaki in maintenance, honda is the greatest before 2004 and yamaha before 2009; I don't know about usa nor europe market but in asia that's the fact.
Archangel i still own each one from four japan big brands bike, i just want smiles per litre no matter what brands is it; yamaha and honda sacrifice their quality for better margin, that's why i salute suzuki and kawasaki for keep being real to their customers 🙂
When was it 1982 or 1983 when these bikes hit the showroom floor ..and the same year my boss with Honda got the franchise with Suzuki ..and all of a sudden Hondas were ever boring ..but in 2012 an ebr 1190rs vs a gsxr 1000 with two of the fastest riders on the track at holmstead florid and the Suzuki is slaughtered by a Eric beull racing V twin the Millennial said was a pile of junk but in reality motored the crap out of a Suzuki cuttin the suzuk. Offf in the corners out braking the Suzuki making the Suzuki look pathetic plea helpless.the year buell only had one model fit all if you wanted a racer you took the lights off the street legal one cuz that's all there was ..and Eric's street bike a v twin murdered a bad boy gsxr 1000
i love how you talk with a french accent and a british accent in the same sentence
I noticed the same thing.
Couple of Irish words in there too 😂🤣
I love this guy!! I hope others will follow his lead :)
3:50 interesting how everyone is listening. I think Suzuki has got one of the most versatile testrider.
Merci sylvain.
When wsbk champion/suzuki motogp test rider giving his insight of your race bike, you should listen carefully 😂
@ardi Januar the bsb rider aren't slow either but yes they better listen what sylvain is telling them. And also the engineer's.
Ah, he only won one championship....
Well when you have a MotoGP rider/ WSBK championship speaking, you better start taking down notes, it's only going to help them.
@@raynic1173 "only? lol????? how about you try it?
this channel is simply brilliant
Getting this kind of insight combined with the knowledge and expertise is unparalleled on YT currently. Huge thanks, Sylvain!
Papa Yam.
Subbed you as well❤️
Papa Yam !! At some point you could see what looked like a thumb rear brake! could be cool if you did a video about those! maybe installing it on your Daytona racebike?
Yammieeee
Papa yam
I was there June 20 and had issues with my rearsets (near stock L8 1000) at 7:42 that guy massively helped me out supplying a build base rearset setup. The difference was night and day. A massive thank you again to Build Base Suzuki from the guy with 41 in flu yellow. I'll have all my work done with these lot now
The stock road bike is a pretty incredible package 👌
As always, great content Sylvain. Also kudos to Suzuki for lending out the bikes to him. Great advertising without people pretending to like the brand.
Sylvain we love you, keep it up!!
Great to have such a high level rider, a very versatile one too, give us some of his time to share info we all wondered about. Great that Sylvain still gets enthusiastic talking about bikes, who better to explain stuff than Suzuki's gp test rider/3rd gp rider ! Top man Mr G !
Agreed. His communication and education skill is superb!
So basically you have 3 levels of gsxr1000r:
Good
Better
ANIMAL
The exhaust on the SBK is straight up '90
Probably temporary solution to pass Mallory's noice limit?
If your talking about pic at 8:36, that's an illusion from the camera angle.
It provides downforce
This is the content every racer has been waiting for!
Sylvain and the Gixer 1000. Both absolute legends! Thanks Sylvain - great vid.
Sylvain providing such invaluable information for even the weekend track rider. I have learned so much watching his channel...thank you!
I absolutely love this, thanks Sylvain, your videos are amazing !!
Another fantastic video in this great series. Many thanks Sylvain....
Love your channel Sylvain. You have a very easy going and engaging style. Absolutely zero ego, totally real and relatable. I think the Buildbase lads were hanging off your every word when you were giving feedback on the Superbike. Great opportunity from them to learn from a former world champ and current MotoGP test rider. Keep doing what your doing as we’re loving it!! 😊😊🔥🔥🔥🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you Silvain, you are amazingly prepared, brilliant, polite and kind!
I really appreciate that a pro rider as accomplished as this is making videos like these. It's great to hear his insight.
Good video, as usual! Just a slight correction: between 00:35 - 1:16 and then 7:11 - 8:08 you talk about each bike's weight: ~200kg for the road-legal version, 175kg for the Superstock and 167kg for the Superbike. While those figures are technically correct, you're mixing curb weights and dry weights, which is confusing and not fair to the road bike. The ~200kg figure for the road-legal version is its curb weight, while the 175kg and 167kg are dry weight figures. The *curb weights* of all three are ~200kg (202kg, actually), ~192kg and ~185kg - which means there's a 10kg difference between the Superstock and the road-legal version and 17kg between the Superbike and the road legal version.
^^^this^^^^
Exactly! That drove me nuts. He himself pointed out the difference bewteen dry and curb weight on one of his other videos where he was comparing road bikes with SBKs, but here he's all over the place with his figures...
Curb weight, all fluids and full gas tank
GSXR1000 street legal 445lbs
GSXR1000 Superstock 423lbs
GSXR1000 BSB 408lbs
I have a highly modified but street legal CBR1000RR that is 379 lbs with a full tank (ride at 359 lbs with 1.2 gallon) so I feel they should allow much lower weight limits to be more realistic. Even my mostly stock CBR1000RR street legal bike is 415 lbs with a full tank (395 with 1.2 gallon in it) for a total cost of about $5700 so its not an issue of cost.
Awesome video thank you!
Superb as always. Thanks so much for the insight.
Very kind of you to share your GP experience! Thank you Sylvain!
I'm not even a biker and I'm blown away with Sylvain's analysis, knowledge and care!
C'est toujours un plaisir de t'écouter dispenser ton expérience si clairement et généreusement. Merci !
I'd love to see you hook up with the 44 teeth guys.You share the same kinda laid back style.Although Chris and Al might be a bit sharper in the tongue!😊
Ohh man that's the dream right there. Easily potential for a Top Gear style show in the making with those 3.
I actually messaged the 44T lads a few weeks ago suggesting exactly this! Fingers crossed!
Sylvain you are a scholar and a gentleman. Great article, very informative, even more impressive in your second Language! I want to buy another Suzuki now!
Absolutely loving your content♥️🔥
Merci Sylvain, ta chaîne surpasse la concurrence en terme de légitimité sur la technique , l’expérience et le feed-back. And the Queen would be pride of your english, I think.
Thanks Sylvain, I really enjoyed this video. Its about the right length to watch fully and not skip. Its easy to see your ability to focus on the bike's engineering for extremely small gains.
Now i know how suzuki has developed significantly. This guy managed to innovate more settings with the GP bike. Their corner speed are on point this season. Top guy handling all the tests session, proper hands down for Sylvain
this is some A+ content. great production quality and the information is super cool
I live in Hinckley, 5 miles away from mallory, so it's great seeing you do loads of videos at the local track!
What a gift your channel is. Thanks Sylvain
Sylvain explains it in a way that us mere mortals can understand , great vlogs and big up to Suzuki for letting us see their bikes being tested !
This channel is getting better and better with every video Sylvain.
Another cracking video, What a great insight into the differences directly on track. I also love the debrief with the team great to hear your feedback 👏👌. What a greatest asset you are to Suzuki.
Very comprehensive and well put together comparison.
What an amazing bike the GSXR 1000 is! I've owned two, an K3 and K7. My K7 did everything, commute, track days, Nurburgring & rode down to Monza. Amazing performance for the money.
Encore une vidéo passionnante !!! Merci Sylvain !
This kind of info from such an experienced rider is just awesome
I really am liking the videos you are putting out. Thanks for the fun and helpful information.
Great channel Sylvain. It is well done and your clear explanations make it easy for us to understand.
Loving the data analysis!!!! Keep up the amazing work. Fast becoming my favourite RUclips channel
Sylvain epick video again!! I'm loving Your channel!! Keep them videos coming!!
The content you're producing is priceless!!! If only more racers put out content like this.... fantastic!!!
Excellent video. Surprised how well the road bike compared to the other two race bikes
Thanks Sylvain! Great content and so well explained. And thanks Suzuki for giving us the privilege of your company!
Great videos! I always enjoy them
SUPER interesting! I especially loved the insight about electronics, versus no electronics on the BSB spec bikes; how much different they are to ride, and how you have to use the power differently. Keep up the content! I really, really enjoy it!
I wonder how many GSXRs have left showrooms since you started your channel. I really enjoy these videos.
Probably quite a few. If I was on the fence between buying one of the big 3 Japanese machines, Sylvain's videos would swing it for me
you know the wsb is legit when a gp rider is saying its an animal
Bsb not wsb!
Wsbk has traction control. The toughest and best riders race in BSB where all you have is pure skill to manage all those raw ponies 💪💪👍
Yes sorry boys I meant the superbike spec over super stock.
Such a great ambassador for Suzuki!
I'm still amazed how close the machines are. When you consider the mods we're able to do (affordably) if we want a dedicated track bike, we've got a machine that's very, very capable....
...I'll still be 20 seconds off the pace though! 😂
Smashing it man, love the time you manage to put into this!
Sylvain,you're doing an awesome job with these videos.Keep on posting knowledge and insights,proper good stuff!cheers!
And man, what an amazing channel. Kudos!
Loved this comparison video... Would be awesome to see a comparison video between the 600, 750, and 1000 on a tight track and on a big fast track.
Fantastic Sylvain - best video ive seen in ages. Really interesting to see the the data for the bikes with TC exiting the hairpin, shows how well the Suzuki’s are out of the box. 1st gear on a BSB though, wow
Ohh yeah this will be good!
This channel just keeps getting better! Awesome stuff Sylvain👌🏻
What a great series of videos this is! So interesting and insightful.
Awesome stuff! Thanks for putting this info out there
Just discovered your channel, I really enjoyed your explanations, backed up by your professional experience.
As a young rider I was always fascinated by power to weight ratio, with 1.5lb/HP being the ultimate goal for both four wheels or two wheels. The superbike is very close at 1.597lb/HP. The super stock bike is probably the ultimate dream bike of the majority of street sport bike enthusiasts. The same manageable power without the excess weight, better feel, braking and less fading of the suspension, tires and brakes.
New subscriber.
Best comparison test I've ever seen. I've followed you since you joined Tech 3 in Moto GP, I always said your riding was consistent in that you would always get a result based on how good the bike actually was. Some riders can ride the wheels off one machine and make it do more than it should and then be hopeless on something else that isn't anywhere near as bad as it appears. Lorenzo, Marco Melandri and Toni Elias spring to mind.
Your Rossi's and Marquez's have the bikes built around their styles so they are not the great test riders in terms of comparing machines back to back. I see Dovi in the same way as you, not likely to ever be a moto gp champion but he is a good yard stick for how good a bike actually is.
I like the shot 3min in- you giving your (precise) feedback and the pro ride rider in the background intently listening to what you had to say. Dunno who he is (not familiar with BSB I'm sure he's mighty quick) but those frames tell a story.
This is really fascinating, thanks very much!
fantastic as usual sylvain!
Sylvain is a shoe in to run track training days once he has finished Top Gun GP riding eh? Its just quality to watch and listen to this fella!!
Nothing else like this channel exists!
Glad to find your channel and I watched all your videos!
So much value in this content! I have a wish tho. Much of us don’t have the money for a brand new bike. I wish you could do a review of a K1, K3,K5,...1000, 750, 600)stock and with Aftermarket suspension which is available on our budget like some Ohlins or Ktech. So we can have a good comparison for our budget level
Really interesting nice to see the difference on track you still got some amazing skill keep up the great work
Really in-depth video. Awesome job. This is going be my next bike to rebuild!
As always... Very informative. Easy to grasp. Keep it coming 👍
Love these videos! Here’s the proof: if you want to go fast, invest in the rider! If a top level international rider can only manage a couple seconds difference across these bikes, then us mortals are much better off spending money on trackdays and coaching than titanium, carbon fiber and other fancy bits
Really honest and interesting feedback.. Great video
As your biggest fan I’ll just say thank you for the entertaining videos
Totally cool! Great video Sylvain.
I'm so glad you have a channel!!! Thanks! 👊
Another great video Sylvain 🏁 Those BSB boys are true legends all that power without traction control 💪
Damn those road bikes have become crazy fast
Agreed. These late model bikes are more capable then 99.9% of riders. Including me!
i was looking at 2003 lap time for the 500cc 2 strokes and stock bikes now have better lap times by around 2 seconds, pretty impressive that consumer grade can beat race bikes.
Can't wait to see how fast their MotoGP bike is this year.
@@agentofenhanced2428 Right!!! And on road tires with bone stock ECU and exhaust? That is mindblowing!!
@@drewmorg. the ecu and exhaust were stock the tires were slick racing ones, still very impressive
all the money spent for a couple of seconds for the win, great stuff, great content, keep it up. Dont get to see these kind of behind the scene stuff so often.
Really good enioyed this, shows how good a road bike actually is in the right hands!
Yes. On the right hands! 👍🏼
All stock bikes nowadays are very high quality.
Great channel BTW. Brilliant content. Love the telemetry
Love the channel Sylvain! The GSX-R1000R is so impressive. I have a K2 750 and always impresses me. Love the thing. Imagine I would be blown away by the new 1000cc bike though. More performance than 99.9% of us could handle I imagine!
The standard engine is (very) fast but power delivery is smooth and the electronics are actually pretty good for a road bike. You would be surprise how usable it is.
Great review of all three bikes Sylvain!
Really enjoy your videos, the detail you go into, and your style in delivering the information. Thank you! Do u think you’ll ever be able to test the GSXR 1000 RYUYO and compare lap times to these bikes and share your opinion/perspective of that motorcycle?
Fantastic content and ever the uber professional. Keep it up buddy, looking forward to the next video
Thank you for all of your insights please keep making your videos.I can’t wait for the Motogp season to start.and hope you’ll be doing some wildcards.
Amazing content Sylvain! For real bikers - from a real biker!
Great to see the respect the mechanics have for Sylvain isnt it. I’d imagine the teams got a lot of valuable data from this session too
Thank you for greating us with this video knowledge
Gives mere mortals and idea in simple terms the difference between the three types of configuration of the one bike which has to be similar with any other manufacturer's bike,, and from someone who is a world class rider,, sort of thing that before going to get after market parts you can see the affect before you change your bike, very rewarding viewing thanks for your help in making the video from Northern Ireland greatly appreciated ☘️☘️☘️👍👍👍
I am SO glad I subscribed to you. Always Always teaching me something. Thank you 🙏🏾
Great Video's Sylvain ! Loving the channel 👍
Excellent as always, enjoy this channel a lot. 57 dislikes and counting from the track gods out there that are simply too good for the likes of me and you (and Sylvain)
If there's any chance, can you do a hands on full review of the nr. 34 2-stroke Kevin Schwantz racebike? Take an hour and a half or so to take us through your experience of this never to return, but to good to be true era of bikes. Thanks a bunch mate! Love your videos.
F.I.M 500cc Grand Prix Racing was the greatest era every of 2 wheel racing Machines that were pure Monster to Ride .... Sad Times today with Dorna Repsol Honda controlling the sport ,, Kevin was the most exciting GP racer ..... on a inferior machine for his Career ...
Great overview!!! Love your video's Sylvain... Keep on going (y)
Amazing how fast the road bike is (in your capable hands Sylvain) compared to the Superstock. The BSB bike is impressive too - I have even more respect for the riders/racers after seeing this comparison.
great video Sylvain! Thank you!